Pride & Prejudice Book Club Podcast

We’re taking a slight detour this week to watch something Emilie has had her eye on for quite a while: a musical adaptation of Pride and Prejudice! As a musical theatre kid, she could only resist a singing Darcy for so long.

Joining her is her husband, Logan, who has made a few guest appearances on the podcast but has never had the co-host’s chair all to himself. Logan loved the musical and wanted to sing along; Emilie was slightly more picky. But they both found plenty to enjoy! From finally getting to hear Darcy’s inner thoughts to reveling in the ridiculousness that is Lady Catherine, the musical is full of fun and expressive moments that easily remind you why you fell in love with the story in the first place.

Have you ever seen a musical adaptation of Pride and Prejudice? Let us know what you think!

🎙️ Hosted by Emilie Davis and Logan Davis

🎥 Pride and Prejudice: A New Musical directed by Robert Kelley, found on Amazon Prime (affiliate link)

🎵 Pride & Prejudice Book Club Theme composed, performed, and arranged by Megan Mason.

📚 Curious what we will be reading next? See a list of upcoming books at prideandprejudicebookclub.com!

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How much does how we read change what we read? Is the book we hear actually the same book as the one we read? We like to think our opinion of a book is about the story itself. But what if the format matters more than we realize?

We discuss all this and more as Janette Colon returns to the podcast for a conversation about the many ways we experience our favorite Pride and Prejudice variations. We're talking about physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks; which books we liked more (or less!) after hearing them narrated; and how much a narrator's interpretation can shape the characters, humor, and even the tone of a story.

We also get into the little things that make each format different: the tactile memories attached to a beloved physical book, the convenience of carrying an entire library on your phone, or the details we catch (or miss) when we're listening while doing something else.

And, because apparently reading books in three different formats wasn't complicated enough, we also wade into AI narration, Kindle Unlimited, supporting the authors and narrators we love, and why we're simultaneously begging our favorite authors to write faster while acknowledging that maybe, just maybe, good books take time.

Whether you read it, listen to it, or own it in every available format, we want to know: How do you experience your favorite variations?

🎙️ Hosted by Emilie Davis and Janette Colon

🎵 Music Credit: Pride & Prejudice Book Club Theme composed, performed, and arranged by Megan Mason.

📚 See a list of books we've read at prideandprejudicebookclub.com!

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Ok, let's make this clear up front: we *have* to talk about Faceless by Alix James!

*Spoiler alert* we loved it. And we do spend a decent amount of time gushing about the book. But if we can't rave about a book to you, wonderful book clubbers, then who can we rave to? You know how much we love Elizabeth and Darcy. You understand what it's like to connect with a variation, even if the premise sounds insane when you try to explain it to someone who hasn't read it. You get us! If we can't talk to you, then what are we even doing here?

We think you'll love this book too if you like:

Forced proximity

A LOT of Elizabeth and Darcy interactions

Emotional intimacy

Physical intimacy (this one has some spicy scenes)

A completely unique premise that you haven't read before

If you haven't read Faceless by Alix James, we strongly recommend that you give it a try. And if you don't love it, you can have a lifetime subscription to the podcast for FREE! 😉

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🎙️ Hosted by Emilie Davis and Sharon Cortez
🎵 Music Credit: Pride & Prejudice Book Club Theme composed, performed, and arranged by Megan Mason.
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Two Austen heroines. Two very different temperaments. One surprisingly delightful friendship.

Last week, Ada Bright and Cass Grafton told us that friendship is the connective thread running through all their books. This week, we got to see that idea in action as Elizabeth Bennet and Anne Elliot meet in Mr. Darcy’s Persuasion and quickly discover just how much they enjoy one another.

Of course, friendship isn’t the only relationship at the heart of this story. Anne is reunited with an injured Captain Wentworth, and a case of amnesia gives them both permission to make some very different choices. Meanwhile, Elizabeth is realizing that Darcy is not who she thought he was. Add in a blackmail plot and enough twists to keep both couples thoroughly occupied, and this Austen mashup gave us plenty to talk about!

There was just one small complication: Sharon hasn’t actually read Persuasion yet! So while Emilie compared these versions of Anne and Wentworth to their canon counterparts, Sharon got to meet them almost entirely through the eyes of Elizabeth and Darcy.

And bonus: the audiobook is read by friend of the podcast Harry Frost, who does an amazing job bringing this wide cast of characters to life!

What’s not to love?

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🎙️ Hosted by Emilie Davis and Sharon Cortez
🎵 Music Credit: Pride & Prejudice Book Club Theme composed, performed, and arranged by Megan Mason.
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From laughing in an online forum to immortalization in fiction, this friendship was built to last!

On today’s podcast, Emilie had the awesome opportunity to sit down with longtime friends and writing partners Ada Bright and Cass Grafton. They met more than twenty years ago through a Harry Potter fandom forum, discovered a shared love of Pride and Prejudice, and eventually wrote their friendship right into The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen.

Their writing partnership stretches from California to England, which means one of them can go to sleep stuck on a scene and wake up to discover the other has fixed it. It also means plenty of negotiating, especially when Cass’s historical research creates new plot bunnies and Ada’s mind inevitably wanders toward murder (the fictional variety, we swear!).

Through all their books, friendship has become the thread that holds everything together. And if we’re very, very lucky, there may be at least one more story headed our way...

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🎙️ Hosted by Emilie Davis, with special guests Ada Bright and Cass Grafton
🎵 Music Credit: Pride & Prejudice Book Club Theme composed, performed, and arranged by Megan Mason.
📚 See a list of books we’ve read at prideandprejudicebookclub.com!
➡️ Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok, and sign up for our newsletter at https://www.prideandprejudicebookclub.com/newsletter!
✏️ Apply to be a Co-Host here: https://www.prideandprejudicebookclub.com/